> Having your bank account randomly disappear isn't one of the risks that anyone should have to take.
Then you put your funds in less risky banks who did not lobby to get an exemption from the regulations that protect against precisely this kind of thing. Even, spread it around safer banks.
Putting all of one's money in a bank because they have better returns or other investment opportunities is business. Not something that someone can be safe at the public's expense.
The public, because the public will pay for this one way or the other - if this is paid from the insurance that insures all banks like how the statement says, then it will cause all the banks who pay into this insurance pool to reflect it on their customers with fees. So every single person with a bank account in the US will pay. Its still public money, but it doesnt come directly from the US govt.'s pocked, so its 'okay'.
Especially given that an adequate alternative to putting all your money in one bank is to put it into two banks. Unless you're already on thin ice, that solves the short-term cash flow problem. Historically, even in bank failures, depositors get most or all of their money back, it just takes a while.
And if that isn't adequate for a given company, it sounds like it's time for them to hire a finance professional who has experience with cash management.
SVB didnt lobby to relax the laws against unpaid overtime, faulty advertising etc. Not any banal evil like that. SVB lobbied against laws that protected both the bank and its depositors from the very thing that happened. And succeeded to get an exemption for itself.
Then you put your funds in less risky banks who did not lobby to get an exemption from the regulations that protect against precisely this kind of thing. Even, spread it around safer banks.
Putting all of one's money in a bank because they have better returns or other investment opportunities is business. Not something that someone can be safe at the public's expense.
The public, because the public will pay for this one way or the other - if this is paid from the insurance that insures all banks like how the statement says, then it will cause all the banks who pay into this insurance pool to reflect it on their customers with fees. So every single person with a bank account in the US will pay. Its still public money, but it doesnt come directly from the US govt.'s pocked, so its 'okay'.